Charlene is a Certified Public Accountant and founder of Chicago Southsider. Charlene has served as Chair of the Illinois CPA Society Individual Tax Committee and is currently on the Financial Review Board for Investopedia. She has written for publications all over the web, including Accounting Today, AICPA, National Association of Black Accountants, The Motley Fool, HuffPost, and Black Enterprise. She is the author of Dividends Are a Queen’s Best Friend available on Amazon.